The App Economy

What are your favorite iphone/ipod apps?

From virtual golf caddies (Ohmygolf) to finding the nearest bar for a pint with augmented reality (Yelp), there's an app for just about everything these days. Actually, there are over 133,979 apps created by 28,000 plus developers available to download from the apple app store. Just last month 280 million apps were downloaded, generating more than $250 million in total revenue. Some paid apps have been wildly successful (I Am T-Pain and Redlaser), but there are more than a few that are unnecessary, annoying and just plain useless (Hold On! or Proposal "will you marry me?").  As demand for apps continues to grow both apple and designers will cash in big on this app economy.

Take a look at the app store by the numbers.